Drawer



(No Model.)

J. W. R. JOHNSON.

DRAWER.

No. 363,242. Patented May 17, 1 887.

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NITED STATES PATnN'r tries.

JOHN IV. R. JOHNSON, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

DRAWER.

SPEC IPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,242, dated May 17, 1887.

Application filed March 9, 1887. Serial No. 230,311. (No modell) To aZZ' whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. R. J OHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Furniture Drawers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to devices to be attached to drawers for preventing their binding and limiting their inward and outward movement.

The improvement relates to that class of devices composed of togglejoints which have one end connected with the drawer and the other end secured to the case, and a reach extended between the joints. Vith such devices independent means are employed to limit the movement of the drawer in each direction, and the reach is fixed in length.

The object of the present invention is the production of a device which will limit the movement of the drawer in each direction,

and which can be lengthened or shortened to suit different lengths.

The improvement consists -in having the reach extended at one or both ends beyond the toggles and provided with stops to impinge against the cleats for limiting the longitudinal movement, and in having it adj ustable, whereby the device can be readily adapted to drawers of different lengths.

The improvement further consists in the novel features of construction, hereinafter more fully set forth, claimed, and shown in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device; Fig. 2, a bottom plan view of a drawer and case embodying the invention, the (IliLWGI being shown open; and Fig. 3 a similar view showing the drawer closed.

The device is composed of the toggle A, ad justable reach 13, and the brackets O.

The toggles are connected at one end of the drawer H, and at their other end to the case G, preferably by the brackets G The adjustable reach is connected at each end with the toggles by the same pivotal connections which unite and form the joints between the pieces composing the toggle-joint. The ends are extended beyond the toggle-joints and are provided withstops F F, which impinge against the sides of the cleats 9, upon which the drawer runs, and limit the movement of the drawer in each direct-ion. The reach is composed of two pieces which overlap each other and are provided with a series of openings, 1), through two of which rivets or bolts pass to hold them when properly adjusted.

The several parts may be made of strap iron or thin strips of steel, in which event the stops F and F will be formed by turning a portion of the reach near each end at right angles, as.

shown.

In practice the brackets O are secured to the back of the case and the toggle=-joints have their rear ends pivotally connected with the brackets and their front ends pivotally connected with the bottom of the drawer. The reach is so adjusted that the stop F will strike against the cleat g, or a part of the drawer, and limit the inward movement of the drawer, and the stop F will impinge against the cleat g, or a portion of the drawer, and limit the outward movement of the drawer. By having the device located beneath the drawer the latter can be as wide as the case is deep, and can havea greater movement, and there is no danger of it becoming crowded between the back of the case and the drawer.

I am aware that it is common to have apair of toggle-joints interposed between the back portion of a drawer and the back of the case into which the draw closes for connecting the drawer and case and steadyingand preventing the binding of the drawer in its movements, and also that a reach has been employed and unites the toggles composing the pair, and I do not claim, broadly, such construction and arrangement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, 1s-- 1. The combination, with the case and the drawer, of the toggle-joints connected at one end with the case and at the other end with the drawer, and the adjustable reach having its end extended and provided with a stop to tially as described.

2. The combination, with the ease and the drawer, of the toggle-joints located beneath the drawer, and the adjustable reach provided with stops at each end for limiting the movement of the drawer in each direction, substantially as set forth.

3. The herein shown and described device for the purpose specified, composed of the brackets O, the toggle-joints, and the adjustable reach, consisting of two strips, the one placed upon the other, each strip having a series of Openings and its rear or outer end bent substantially at right angles, forming 15 stops, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN W. R. JOHNSON. 

